Doing the Impossible

"Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible." St. Francis of Assisi

Providing caregiving for someone with dementia is doing the impossible -- if you are trying to do it alone.  The assisted living facility personnel have told me that they cannot imagine how I did it alone for so long.  I really cannot imagine it either.  But, that is how it is done, is it not?  We start by doing what is necessary, then what's possible, and then what is impossible.  I don't think St. Francis was thinking of something like caregiving.  He probably was talking about living according to what one can discern is God's will for one's life.  St. Francis experienced a number of humiliations:  he was a failure as a soldier, rejected by his father and judged to be a fool by many.  He realized, however, that these were paths of awakening for him, and he used them as such so that his words and teaching still resonate today.  Is it important for you to consider what God or Universe or the Divine might want for you?  Is it possible that we have Divine Assignments to which we agree before coming here?  If that is a possibility, what might yours be?